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Naturopathic medicine approaches disease as an imbalance in the biological organism and employs non-invasive strategies intended to restore this balance. Naturopathic practice include different modalities such as nutritional counseling, chiropractic, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, herbalism, counseling and homeopathy. Many of these are intended to re-establish the internal balance, detoxify, boost up the immunity and support the patient's capacity for self-healing.
Generally, the public see the diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, gout, asthma, eczema, etc. are non-treatable diseases. Chemotherapy or Radiation must be required in cancer treatments. Are these all true? Actually, Naturopathic medicine have non harmful or no side effect approach to cure the body. Naturopathic doctor seek the underlying cause of the dysfunction rather than focusing solely on alleviating physical symptoms. For instance, using Panadol to release pain is not a long-lasting method.
| Naturopathic Principles |
| I) | The healing power of nature |
| II) | Identify and treat the cause |
| III) | Use "natural" remedies |
| IV) | Heal the body instead of a particular organ |
| V) | Physician acts as a teacher |
| VI) | Know your body and prevent the disease |
Naturopathic Medicine was being advocated in Europe since 18th century and it becomes more popular in American, Canada, Australia and Asia. Nowadays, many people suffer from different kind of chronic diseases. There are many Naturopathic Medical Schools offering naturopathic medical training, aiming to integrate most advanced science and naturopathic principles to practice. Examples are John Bastyr Naturopathic Medical College in US and New South Wales Natural Medical College in Australia. In 1979, the World Health Organization also promotes Naturopathic Medicine due to its no side-effect curing method.
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